Popular baby names in Idaho, 2012

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 2012 were Olivia for girls (118 babies) and Liam for boys (130). Olivia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,460 babies born in Idaho in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 2012

Names given at least 15 times in Idaho that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Oakley: 18 babies, 26.2× the national rate
Hallie: 19 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Aspen: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Brynlee: 27 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Mckinley: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jane: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Paisley: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ellie: 47 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Aurora: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Emery: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Hyrum: 17 babies, 38.3× the national rate
Bridger: 18 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Benson: 24 babies, 13× the national rate
Porter: 31 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Daxton: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Boston: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ryker: 51 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kellen: 28 babies, 7× the national rate
Kyler: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tate: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Olivia	118	↑2	4
2	Sophia	112	–	1
3	Emma	101	↓2	2
4	Ava	75	–	5
5	Abigail	72	↑1	7
6	Elizabeth	71	↑2	10
7	Chloe	70	↑17	11
8	Brooklyn	61	↑3	29
9	Emily	61	↓4	6
10	Hannah	61	↑19	22
11	Zoey	60	↑3	20
12	Madison	59	↑9	9
13	Ella	57	↓4	12
14	Avery	54	↓4	13
15	Isabella	54	↓2	3
16	Lily	54	↑4	16
17	Evelyn	52	↑2	27
18	Grace	52	↑4	21
19	Amelia	50	↑6	23
20	Hailey	50	↑11	32
21	Ellie	47	↓9	85
22	Charlotte	45	↑14	19
23	Paisley	45	↑20	>100
24	Natalie	43	↑3	17
25	Addison	42	↓18	14
26	Harper	41	↑7	24
27	Lillian	41	↓11	25
28	Claire	37	↓10	45
29	Mia	37	↓14	8
30	Nevaeh	37	↑10	39
31	Ruby	36	new	>100
32	Lilly	35	new	>100
33	Alexis	34	↑6	40
34	Lydia	33	↑8	95
35	Paige	32	↓1	>100
36	Layla	31	new	31
37	Nora	31	new	>100
38	Sophie	31	↓10	52
39	Kaylee	30	↓9	35
40	Lucy	30	↓23	66
41	Alice	29	new	>100
42	Aubree	29	new	60
43	Samantha	29	↑4	26
44	Zoe	28	new	30
45	Brynlee	27	↓10	>100
46	Sofia	27	new	18
47	Anna	26	new	34
48	Aurora	26	↓10	>100
49	Leah	26	new	33
50	Madelyn	26	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Liam	130	↑2	6
2	William	90	↑3	5
3	Samuel	81	↑6	25
4	Mason	80	↓3	2
5	Logan	77	↑11	22
6	Wyatt	77	↑2	41
7	Ethan	75	–	3
8	Carter	73	↑12	36
9	Michael	73	↑22	7
10	Jacob	71	↓8	1
11	Hunter	70	↑13	45
12	Aiden	68	↓2	10
13	Andrew	68	↓1	18
14	Jackson	67	↑7	21
15	Benjamin	65	↓11	16
16	Isaac	65	↑10	30
17	Gabriel	64	↓4	24
18	Henry	63	↑25	44
19	Noah	63	↓8	4
20	David	62	↑19	20
21	Elijah	62	↓3	13
22	Cooper	61	↑13	83
23	Jayden	57	↓4	8
24	Joseph	57	↑4	19
25	Alexander	56	↓19	9
26	James	56	↓11	14
27	Daniel	54	↑2	11
28	Jaxon	54	↓1	66
29	Luke	54	↑15	37
30	Matthew	53	new	12
31	Owen	52	↓6	38
32	Asher	51	new	>100
33	Eli	51	↓10	43
34	Landon	51	↓20	35
35	Lucas	51	↓2	27
36	Ryker	51	↑5	>100
37	Austin	50	↓20	58
38	John	50	new	28
39	Lincoln	50	new	>100
40	Oliver	49	↓10	73
41	Hudson	48	new	93
42	Bentley	46	new	75
43	Jace	46	new	85
44	Parker	45	new	81
45	Ryan	45	↓11	26
46	Blake	44	↓4	71
47	Caleb	44	↓25	32
48	Easton	44	new	96
49	Jack	44	↓9	46
50	Jonathan	44	↓12	34

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